SRI LANKA - LEOPARD

The Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya), colloquially known as 

Kotiya (කොටියා) in SinhalaPuli in Tamil, is a subspecies of leopard native to 

Sri Lanka. Classified as Endangered by IUCN, the population is believed to be 

declining due to numerous threats including poaching for trade and human-

leopard conflicts.^[1] and

Due to a nomenclature mishap that occurred in the late 1980s, "kotiyā" has 

now become the colloquial Sinhala term for tiger, and "diviyā" (දිවියා) is used 

for the leopard. See below for more information.

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• 1 Description
• 2 Distribution and habitat
• 3 Ecology and behaviour
• 4 Threats
• 5 Conservation
• 6 Misidentification
• 7 References
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